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— _ _ I m Ef ) c isrrtnwilf * . Health op Loxdojj during ihb TVeek . —Id the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered ia tbc metropolitan districts numbered only 829 ; a result ; which , if compared with the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years ( 1840-9 ) is less than in any week , except those of 1841 aad 18-12 . The average number ofdeathsin corresponding weeks is SS 3 , or raised in the ratio of increase of population 963 ; on which a decrease is apparent in the deaths oflastweek , amounting to 134 . From diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class , the total deaths las : week were 159 , the corrected average being 181 ; and to take particular diseases , small-pox whs latalto seven persons , or half the average ; scarlatina and Hooping-cough respectively in 17 ami 3 R .. lei ... __
man the average ; measles to 17 , or about the usual 3 , V Bu i . cr 0 B § destroyed 15 children , which is double the ordinary fatality from this complaint . Also tte wife of p . butcher , aged 36 years , died in Ilalsevterrace , Chelsea , of " spasmodic croup ( 18 hours . )" ljphns was fatal m 28 cases-cbrsiderably less than nsual ; erysipelas in 9 5 diarrhoea in 10 ; ihe two iatter being near the average amount . Diarrhoea appears to decline , the deaths from it in ihe last three wee £ 5 having been 19 , 11 , 10 ; in the week corresponding to the last in 1 S 4 S and 1849 , they were 19 and 20 . The mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs differs little from the amount that generally prevails at this season of the year ; from bronchitis , pneumon i a , and asthma , there were
respectively 44 , 65 , and 9 deaths , the last showing a slight decrease . It is sufficiently worthy of remark , that consumption has recently carried off weekly much less than the usual number of its victims ; last week the deaths from it were only 102 , though in the corresponding weeks often previous years they ranged from 121 to 168 i and the corrected average is 157 . A man of 44 years diedofpurpura haemorrhagica . A man and two children died of laryngitis ; and three children of hryngismus stridnlus . Three children were accidently suffocated in bed . The death of a child , aged 5 months , who was suffocated by impure air , occurred at 7 , Hayward ' s-place , in St . James ' s Clerkenwell ; he was found dead in bed . His father was a jewel-case maker . In Blue Anchor-alloy ,
Finsbury , a bookbinder , aged 45 years , died of "drunkenness , vomiting , and atrophy . " A pensioner , of 65 years , died ia Greenwich ilovpifcd , from "apoplraaapotudSdays . ) pneumonia ( 6 days ) . " Last week the deaths of 74 inmates of workhouses were recorded ; 63 persons were registered in general hospitals ; G in military and naval ; 8 in lunatic asylums ; 3 in the Small-Pox Hospital , Canidentown ; and 3 in the Fever Hospital , Islington .. A Jury Fixed . —On Saturday last an inqncBt was held by Mr . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s ll » spital , as to the death of Richard Austin , aged sLstytwo . Up to half-past three o ' clock only one gentleman of the jury had arrived , whilst the inquiry was fixed for three . The coroner consequently fined
nine absentees 20 s . each . The deceased , who was an engraver , living in Moorgate « street , Clerkenwcl ! , was paralysed , and had lost the sight of one eye , the other being rather defective . He was with his wife at a shop iu Aylesbury-street , Clerkenwell , and , on stepping from the kirb , a horse and cart came along at a very moderate pace , and he was knocked down the horse treading on his body . He was taken on a truck to the hospital , where he died on the previous mornina from the effects of the injuries . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " In the course of the inquiry one of the gentlemen who had been fined came in and said he was a broker at the Stock Exchange , and hi 3 attendance midit have been a 1-ss to him of £ 500 . The coroner " said if he
made £ 390 at a stretch he could well afford to serve . m Ingenious Swixdlkg . —On Saturday last ths police succeeded in apprehending a man named Joseph Cash Gibson , who for some time past has been engaged , with others not yet in custody , in a verv ingenious swindle . It appears that the parties have been in the habit of sending to auction rooms for sale , cases of very handsome medals and coins , finely finished , to represent gold . The matter was discovered by Mr . Thomas , the auctioneer , in Leicester-square , in the following way : —A few evenings ago Gibson called upon Mr . Thomas , and produced several cases of medals , which he represented as gold , and asked Mr . Thomas whether he would sell them for him . Sir . Thomas applied the usual tests to the rims , and , believing they were gold , he agreed to sell them , and gave Gibson a deposit . From
some circumstances which afterwards came to his knowledge Mr . Thomas was induced to test the coins on the obverse and reverse , and he then discovered that they were only electrotyped . Mr . Thomas immediately waited upon the commissioners of police , who sent Mr . Field , an expert officer of the detective Force to investigate the matter . Mr . Field at once had one of the medals broken up , and he thsn discovered ^ that it had been most ingeniously made . The inside was iron , the nest layer was of copper , then a thin coat of silver , and the top and bottom gold ; the rims were also gold . Some of them were larger than a crown piece . From the description given of Gibson , Mr . Field succeeded in apprehending him on Monday . Many of the medals have been pledged for as mach as £ 10 , although they are not worth more than 4 s .
Fire near Cavendish-squaiie . —Late on Saturday night last , an alarming fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs . Maddox , an upholsterer , &c , carrying on business at 25 , Welbeck-strcer , Cavendish-square . A considerable quantity of furniture was destroyed , and the building much damaged . The property was insured in the Sun and Imperial Fire Offices . The origin of the fire is unknown . Fire . —On Sunday a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke out in tfce premises belonging to Mr . Richard Stevens , fancy l : resd and biscuit baker , carrying on business atKo . 13 , Little "Windmill-street , Golden-square . The discovery was made at a . few minutes before three , a . m ., by Mr . Stevens , inn ., who was sleeping in the first floor .
He rushed np stairs and alarmed the inmates . Having descended to the shop , he found that one of Ms young sisters , with an infant in her arms , was standing at the front door , endeavouring , but in ¦ v ain , to open it , in order to effect her escape . The Smoke at that time was so dense in the shop , that the girl and the infant were nearly suffocated , aad flames were rushing through the parlour door , and spreading towards the staircase . Recollecting if he opened the front door the draught would send the flames to the top of the house , he pulled his sister and the infant through the fire to the first floor . Saving opened the front window , he called for assis tance , when the current of air thus admitted made the fire ascend with violence , and very speedily the back part of the room in which they were congregated together became ignited . Mr . Stevens , in order to prevent his infant child from beine burned -to death threw it out of the window , and it was
caught in the arms of police constable 86 C . Another child was thrown out in a similar manner , and saved by the same officer , and not one of them , fortunately , received any injury of importance . The escape belonging to the St . James ' s Society was quickly on the spot , and having been raised in front of the premises the flames shot forth from the upper windows and set the machine on fire . Fortunately , the conductor was enabled to rescue Mr . Stevens , jnn ., the last person in the house , so that the whole were providentially saved from meeting with a horrible death . The flames could not be conquered until the whole of the stock-in-trade , furniture , and wearing apparel were destroyed , and the premises nearly gutted . From the examination since made by the brigade , there seems no doubt bat that the fire was caused from the overheat of the oven , which wa 3 immediately under the back parlour flooring . The sufferer was insured in the Snn Fire Office .
Extensive Fire in Lambeth-walk . —On Monday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Harris , a grocer and cheesemonger , in Tyers-street , Lambeth-walk . From inquiries made , it appears ] that whilst the inmates , consisting of Mr . Harris , bis wife and family , and a lodger , named Henry James , ¦ were in their beds , a party passing the property perceived smoke pouring forth from the shop in Tyers- ] street He instantly gave the alarm ; and , after some trouble , succeeded in arousing the inmates , but not before the whole of the lower part of tho premises was wrapped in one general blaze . The whole of the residents , however , with the exception of Mr . James the lodger , succeeded in wading through the smoke , and effecting a safe retreat . Mr . James , the lodger , was not so fortunate , owing to the rapidity with which
the flames progressed , all chance of his escape by the Tegular means was cut off ,, and in order to avoid be-1 ing burned to death he was obliged to resort to the I dangerous espsdient of jumping out of one of the upper windows . By the time he could accomplish it , fhe whole of the premises from Tyere-street into "Wickham-street presented a regular " blazing mass , andtheflame 3 as they rushed through the windows stretched over the carriage-road , and ascended so high into the air as to illuminate the city and more distant districts . The engines were soon on the spot , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen , Mr . Harris ' s premises were wholly destroyed , his stock in trade consumed , and tha -furniture of several of the surrounding neighbours seriously injured . The Icbs , which is very serious , will be partially covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire-office .
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It b calculated that during the present year six millions sterling have been lost by the importing speculators of corn . —Times . ¦ The MoEMtrrr of London , aad indeed of England genc--S " ' snows a gradual annual decrease , whilst , it is well ™ 01 *?» ttepopclationinercasesconsideraWy . The rates of p « mum } or life Insurance have heen greatly reduced dur-SFfo ^? Xf ^ ' Jetti > e offices continue as prosperous rara ^ M&r ^ " ^ fetts clearly demonstrate that some m ^ fo ^ M ^ * } m unheeded , must have produced S ££ 3 S 8 fctatft , ^""" S * *•» caused the ins ^ SS ^ skss
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ALLEGED MURDER AT CLAPHAM . flie inquiry into the circumstances connected with he mystenons death of Sarah Snelling , aged fiftythree , late house-keeper to Mr . John Maddle , " of 14 ; Uaremont-pJace , "Wandsworth-roaa ; was re-opened on Monday afternoon at thwe o ' clock by Mr . T . Higgs , at the Nag ' s Head . —Mr . John Parrott , of Llapham Common , was re-sworii , and said : I have , in accordance with your instructions , proceeded with the analysis of the stomach . I have , at minutely as I could , analysedforthosepoisonsfrequentlygiven . such as arsenic , prussic acid , and oxalic acid . I have also , in conjunction with Mr . Snow , an eminent medical man , endeavoured to detect the presence of chloroform , but there is not the slightest trace of any of the above substances having been used . I fee ] , therefore , quite unable to account for the death of the deceased . —Mr . Maddle here asked if the deceased had
died a natural death ?—Mr . Farrott observed , if he was obliged to give an opinion , she might have died from fright . Had there been chloroform in the blood of the deceased , Mr . Snow or himself would have detected it—A ridiculously absurd and disgusting anonymous letter which has been received by Mr . Parrott was then read . —George Winch , potman at the Nag ' s Head , deposed that he saw the deceased about ten o ' clock on Sunday morning week , she was at the parlour window . He believed the gate was generally kept locked . He saw no person loitering about — Mrs . Jane Stephenson , of 2 , CJaremont-plaee , stated that
on Sunday , the 28 th u ! t ., about twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , she saw Mr . Maddle leave the house and the deceased in the garden , who looked the gate after Inra . Witness knew deceased perfect ]? well , she always appeared a feeble person , and that morning had her apron up to her niouth . -Jan . es Saunders , a yonth about seventeen years of age , the son of a carpenter , living at 1 , Chapel-place , Wandsworth-road , but employed at ahatte / s inBirchinlane , where he generally stayed , deposed that on the day in question he was at his father ' s hou and looking out of the front parlour window ? he aw a man walk ou of Mr . Maddle ' s house , onen th « »<»
ana go out ; He bad nothing in his hand he appeared to have a browncoat on ; he walked very stately , and went in the direction of Vauxhall . He was an elderly man . Did not see enough of his face to recognise him again . -Jamts Clarke , ostler at the Nag ' s Head , proved that at about a quarter pact one o'clock he called at Mr . Maddle s with the beer , he rang the bell three times , hut there was no answer . Witness tried the front gate , it ; was-tocked , but the side gate which leads to tne backdoor was open . —Witnesses were also examined , who deposed to the condition in which the deceased was found , and to other circumstances which have already appeared . —Ths coroner a = ked the superintendent of police if any of the missing property had been traced ? -Thc superintendent said there was no discovery made at present . —A juror asked Mr- Maddle if he had yet discovered what amount of properly he had lost ? -Mr UhMI * mid
he had lost all his plate at Notting-hill . He . had only two or three table and teaspoons left , which were missing . _ The only-things he had not enumerated previously were a number of silk hand-Kerchiefs . He could not give a description of the watch ; it was a French one . ' He could not identify the rings . - Sarah Anne Snelling , aged seventeen , the daughter of the deceased , of NoTl Lobden-place , South Lambeth , proved that she frequently visited her mother , who was in weak health . Ihe last time she saw her alive was on the Tuesday before her dsath . She had been twelve years with Mr . Maddle at £ 10 per year . 'Her mother had informed her Aat a robbery had been attempted four months since . Never saw any plate in the hous <\ only noticed some plated spoons ; Mr . Maddle and my mother lived on good terms . —John Laing . 10 Lavender-row , labourer , deposed that on the morning of bunday week , about half-past 11 , he was standing about seventy yards bevond ATr . MaiM 1 «' a
house , when he heard a whistle , and on looking up he saw . a man standing under the side of Mr . Madges garden wall , from which he appeared to have alighted . The man walked some distance towards Battersea Fields . He had a small bundle in a red handkerchief under his arm . He was shortly after joined by another man carrying a blue bag . The one was a short man in a Ions frock coat , with dark hair ; the other was taller , having lisht hair and a short coat . —The coroner now asked the superintendent of police if he had any more evidence to produce , or if he anticipated being enabled to produce any more at a further period ?—Mr . Bicknell said
he would much prefer leaving the case in the hands of the coroner and jury . —The coroner then read over the voluminons evidence , after which the room was ckared of strangers—The Jury returned , the following verdict : "That the said Sarah Snelling was found dead under very mysterious circumstances , that there were no marks of violence or discoloura tion on the body , nor any trace of poison ; that the body had been opened and examined by a properly qualified medical man , together with an analysis of the contents of the stomach and bowels , but that there was no conclusive evidence to the jury as to the cause of deceased ' s death . "
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said to have narrowly escaped . suffocation when roused from their beds ^ by . the police . < The stock and furniture are ' insured for ^ 1 UOO / W Mrs . Somerset said the damage done by the firo- to them would exceed £ l , 000 . [ ? . ; : . ¦ ¦ . . Verdict of MANSuiream AeXik ^ r ' a Relieving OreiCKB .-At an inquest which was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , at Manchester , a relieving officer , named Joseph Wheeler , is implicated by the jury in a charge of manslaughter for neglecting to relieve a woman named Hannan . Thomas Hannan , the husband of the deceased woman , stated that when he applied to Mr . Wheeler for relief , or a doctor for his sick wife , he was encountered by a threat of being at once removed to Ireland with his family , at which he ivassoV much dismayed that he did not renew the application , and his wife , after lingering for some days , died . Several witnesses deposed that the deceased woman and her family wire
in a most abject state of povert y , and the jury brought in a verdict of " Manslaughter against Joseph Wheeler , for wilfully neglecting and omitting to relieved deceased . " The inquest was adjourned to the White Lion Inn , Great Ancoats-streer , Manchester , at nine o ' clock on Saturday , the 4 th of May , to sign the inquisition . When the jury re-assembled Mr . Wheeler attended to give an explanation of his conduct . He denied the statement of Hannan , that he had threatened to send them to Ireland , and asserted on the contrary , he had desired him to come with his family to the workhouse and they shou'd be admitted . He procured the necessary orders for their admission the next day ; but they did not present themselves , and he thought ns more of the case until told that a verdict of manslaughter had been given against him . Notwithstanding this statement the jury declared their determination o ' adhering to the verdict delivered , and the inquisition was signed .
Fatal Accident on the Chester asd IIolthhad Railway . —A shocking accident occurred on Monday , in the Belmont Tunnel . Samuel Medway , inspector of works , was walking through the tunnel , as was usual with him , it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road , when the 7 . 35 a . m up-train entered the tunnel at one end , and a ballast engine at the other end . The tunnel is quite dark in the centre , where they should meet , on account of the curve ,, and it is supposed that he must have heard the whistl&and got out of the way of the ballast engine , but , forgetting that the up-train was due , and not noticing the whistle , as both engines whistled at the same time , he got into the way of the latter , and was struck bj the buffer , for his cap was upon it
when the train reached the station . A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed kicked his foot against the body , which was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an hour afterwards . It was found that the left heel of his boot had been taken quite off , but the foot was uninjured . The head was very much mutilated . _ Scene at a Bosjesman Exhibition . — Those singular species of human nature , the Besjesmans , who were recently exhibited at tho Town-hall , paid a visit to Devizes , and on Thursday last a most exciting scene occurred . The room was crowded , and Mr . Tyler had given his lecture upon their habits , &c , when some person at the further end from the platform caught the eye of one of the male bushmen .
and wetted his attention by making grimaces and shaking his face at him in a menacing manner . The Bosjesman eyed him intently , and evidently with rising indignation . His eyes glared , his nostrils were dilated , and his- whole frame became strongly agitated . These circumstances were observed by several of the audience in front , and by some it was supposed to be a part acted for effect ,, and byothers to be a demonstration of real passion . This continued for some seconds ; at last the savage , unable to endure the irritation any longer ,, suddenly drew an arrow to its point , and let fly at the head of his foolish tormentor . Fortunately it missed the man . The arrow struck his hat , piercing it through . Then , apparently in a frenzy of passion , be sprang , like an ourang-outanjr , from the platform among the company ; and the rest of his companions-were preparing to follow him , when the lecturer ( who bad witnessed a similar evidence of their irascibility whilst
exhibiting them in London )¦ immediately rushed forward and knocked the foremost down . A struggle ensued ; some keepers came to Mr . Tyler ' s assistance , and it was with great difficulty the B ' osjesman could be prevented rushing on his assailant . Three or four men had this little ereature ( only about four feet high ) in their grasp , and it was all they could do to prevent him getting free ; ultimately , he was secured and taken out of the room . In the meantime the confusion among the company baSes all description . Those who could get to the door rushed from the room as fast as possible ; the women shrieked , and caught hold of the men with a deathlike grasp ; and even the men themselves were well nigh frightened from their propriety by so strange and suddena turn in the performance . The whoop and the yell of this wild African were terrible , and brought scalping knives and tomahawks vividly to the imagination . — Cheltenham Journal .
The JNailous o ? Dudley . —In consequence of a reduction often per cent , in the wages of the nailors > the workmen throughout the district of Dudley have been on the " strike" during the past week , and large meetings have been held in the neighbourhood of Dudley . At the petty sessions the magistrates deemed it prudent to swear in some special constables , and between fifty and sixty tradesmen and others of the town were sworn into office . Suicide op Captain J . Edwabds . — A very painful sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Clarence-square , Brighton , early on Sunday morning , by a report , which unfortunately proved to be two well founded , that Captain John Edwards ( it is believed of the 10 th Regiment of Foot ,. ) had committed suicide by cutting his throat ,. The deceased was a widower , about 63 years of age , and
the father of three children , two sons and one daughter . For some time past heliad been residing at the house of Mr . P . Barkshire , at Patcham , having obtained two years' leave of absence from his regiment , on account of ill-health . Lutterly it was noticed that at times he was very strange in his manner and used to talk incoherently ; and it was thought advisable that he should come to Brighton , where it was expected th& change of air might improve his health . About a fortnight ago he came to live with his sister , Mrs . Sorle , in Clarence-square , where he remained until Sunday morning , when he put an end to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor . —An inquest was held upon the body on Monday morning last before F . II . Cell , Esq ., coroner , at the Castle Inn , Castlestreet , Western-road , when , ' after a lengthy investigation , the jury returned a verdict that deceased had cut his throat whilst in a state of insanity .
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John' Maoarthur and his wife , they were arrested two ; or three days , ago at Alnwick .
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r" ¦" . '' : ' 'TX ^^ T ^] ''' -2 j '' - . Sieam Communication between Galway and America . — -All tho arrangements for the great experiment were oonoluded on the 3 rd inst ., and tho Viceroy has been chartered , and will start from Galway for Halifax on the morning of the 1 st of June . None but firat-cabin . passengers will ho taken , and they will be conveyed free from Glasgow , Liverpool , Belfast , Bristol , and Dublin to Galway . The fare to Halifax or New York : is fixed at £ 25 . AitmvAL op the Roxian Catholic Primate . — The Most Rer , Dr . Cullcn arrived in Dublin on the 3 rd inst ., and almost immediately proceeded to visit tho College of Maynooth .
Moke Flights 7 bom " tub Castle . " - —Misfortunes seldom como alone . Another official , for many years connected in various capacities , made himself scarce last week , Tho Freeman states with great unction that this gentleman , as well as Mr . George Mathews , alius Duncan Chisholm ( his real name ) , is one of the "foreign pets" of tiie Irish Government . With respect to Mr . Chisholm , the report of his being a passenger on hoard the Niagara , which sailod from Liverpool on Saturday last , is confirmed .
Extraordinary Outraoe in a Roman Catholic Chapel . —Between nine and ten o ' elock on Sunday morning , tho Roman Catholic charch in Whitofriars-strcct , Dublin , belonging to- tho order of Carmelites , became . the scene of great excitement in consequence of an outrage of a very peculiar character . Twc priests of tho order , the Rev . Messrs . Colgan and Rorke , were colebrating the mass at two separate altars , when a young nian rushed into the sanctuary beyond the railing , armed with a huge stick , and commenced a most violent assault upon the former , striking him about the head . He then ran at the Key .- Mr . Rorke , a man advanced in years , and assailed him in so desperate a manner that blood Stowed
from wounds inflicted on tho ho ; id . Tho congregation , at first paralysed by the suddenness of the attack , now rushed towards tho altars , and some of the foremost among them seized tho fellow in his attempt at flig ht . The Rev . Mr . Colgan , who had not suffered so seriously as Mr . Rorke ; . interposed , and it required the most strenuous exertions on his part to save- the perpetrator of this shocking outrago from tho vengeance of tho people . The young man , when questioned as to his motives , used his fingers- in the manner of dumb persons conveying tneir ideas by signs . "Ultimately he was placed in the-custody of the police ;
It was stated by some of the-people in the church that he ia a maniao , by others that his conduct was tho effect of inveterate fanaticism . At one time the greatest alarm prevailed in tho church , and some time elapsed before its usual calmness was restored . Subsequently it transpired that the name of the prisoner is M'Mdhon ,. that he is a deaf and dumb lunatic , and his parents are Roman Catholics . —The lunatic ^ as on- Monday committed by tho magistrates for trial at the commission , to have the question for his insanity tested by a jury . A woman named Eliza Byrne dicd ' on Monday morning from the effects of the fright and pressure she sustained in the chapel at tho nine of the attack .
Another Royal Visit to Kieijand . —The Freeman ' s Journal contains the following r— "In a communication lately received , through Sir George Grey , by the directors of the- Chester and Holyhoad Railway , relative to his- Royal Hi ghness Prince Albert ' s visit to the tubular-bridge , accompanied by hia- Royal Highness tlio Prince of Wales , the invitation' was at that tirao-declined ; but wo now announce- to our readers tho gratifying intelligence that her Majesty intends paying a visit to her loyal Irish subjects this summer accompanied by her- illustrious Coii 3 ort and the Prince of Wales , making the line of railway her route to Ireland , visiting tho stupendous structure , the Britannia-bridge , and its locality .
. The- Weather . —On Monday morning tho Dublin mountains appeared covered with snow . Tho wind has been chiefly from the north-east , and tho cold Ins been very severe in the shade for several days past ; but the accounts received ' of the pvogress of tho crops throughout the country ., especially of the potatoes , are still most encouraging . Fires . —The extensive bakery and stores of Mr . Hall , of Enniskillen , were destroyed by fire on Saturday last . Mr . Thompson ' s extensive flour mills at Riithnally ^ ne ar Trim , were also-burned down the same day .
TnE Repeal Association . —This association met on Monday at Conciliation Hall ;• Mr . R . Nolan in fcne chair . There was a very thin attendance . The rent of the- week was announced to bo £ 2210 s . Gd .
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A Plantagenet . —The Madrid correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes i— The Ileraldo having inserted some remarks derogatory of the assumed character and high pretensions of the person who signs himself " Plantagenet , " and clu ' ras to be a descendant of Peter the Cruel and the Black Prince , of the Capets , &c , &c , the latter has sent a missive from Gibraltar , defying to mortal combat on the neutral ground , not only the editor of the journal , but also all the printers , ami compositors , and promising in case they are short of funds for making the journey , to furnish them himself . The Ileraldo has accepted the challenge , and says that its people are now awaiting the arrival of the funds : but it has added
another condition , to which the challenger cannot well refuse his assent , vis ., that he shall also produce the . funds requisite for conveying the survivors of the cprabat back to Madrid . The Ileraldo , at the same time aggravates its former offences against the sasceptibilitiesof"General Plantagenet Harrison , " by giving insertion to a letter from London , in which various proceedings in South America with the valgar notions of meum tiewn , are set forth , and amongst other unUnightly epithets he is plainly designated as a shameless swindler and vagabond . Not wishing to have myself to make a forced journey to the neutral ground after the people of the Ileraldo have been disposed of , I abstain from mentioning the moro aggravating expressions .
Limitation of Hours of Labour is Mikes . —A public meeting of the minors of tho Potteries and neighbourhood , was held lately at Stafford , for promoting a petition to parliament , praying for the restriction of the hours of labour in mines . Mr . Daniels , an agent of tho Miners' Association , was called to preside . Tho chairman , in stating the object of the meeting , remarked , that as the legis lature had passed a law restricting the hours of labour above ground to ten hours per day , it was most consistent with justice to ask that the poor minors who worked in the bowels of tho earth should have their day restricted to eight hours . The miners had grievances peculiarly their own , and they were met in a legal and constitutional
way to discuss them . Several resolutions were then passed for promoting a petition to parliament for an ei ght hours bill . One of the speakers was G . Evans , a collier , who in arguing for the legality of tho meeting , referred to the events in the Potteries in 1 S 42 , remarking that after that time ho hud passed two years in one of hev " Majesty ' s colleges , " for attending a meeting like tho present , which was tho only ono he had taken part in' for pretty near eight years . Mr . Roberts , " tho Miner ' s Attorney-General , " was present , and spoke at some length in sb ' condin £ a motion in favour of a moro extended system of union among the miners of North Staffordshire . In alluding to the propriety of the legislature stepping in to abridge the miners' hours of labour , Mr . Roberts asked whether ei ght hours per day was not in justice sufficient for a man to be working hard in a mine , excluded from tho li ght of tho sun , breathing ( particularly in badly
ventilated mines ) a polluted atmosphere , and every moment in peril of coming to an untimely end ? The importance of woll ventilating , cleaning , and propping the mines , could not be too strongly urged upon tho attention of employers , ilo had commenced to praotiso in the neighbourhood . and trusted that lie should effect the samo amount of good for the minera of . North Staffordshire which ho had accomplished for their brethren in the coal districts , of Northumberland , Durham , and other places . His mission amongst them was to teach employees ( such as did not know it ) thoir duty , and to assist tho mon in redressing their grievances . The spsaker strongly urged upon the mooting , tho necessity of forming themselves into a strow » ev bond ot-anion , contending that by it they would obtain aiwl seoure those , advantages whioh they could not gain without ; Thanks being voted to the chsfeuaau , trio meeting broke : up .
Iron Railings round St .. PAUL ' ak >—As the romo * val of the iron railingwhich surrounds St-P < n \ Vs Churchyard is now said to be ia contemplation , P . C , S . S . ituaginos that it may i \ ot be wnp . coeptable to tho readers of Notes and Queries , if ho transcribo tho following account of it from Hastetts Kent , vol . ii . p . 8 S 2 , which is tobo found in his dosoription of : tho parish of . L . 'wnbp . rhurst : — " It vaa called Gloucostev Furnace , in honour of the Duke of Gloucester , ( Juocn Anne ' s son ,. who , in tho year
1 C 98 , visited it from Tunbvidge-wells . The iron sails rtfund St . Paul ' s Churchyard , in London , were cast at this furnace . T ' joy compose tho ' most mngniflcont •¦ balustrade ^ , pevhaps , in the universe , bein " Of tho height of five feet six inches , in which there arc , at intervals , so * , on' iron gates of beautiful . workmanship , which , together with the rails , wei » h two hundred tons aD'i eighty-ono pounds ; the whole of which cost ud . - per pound ; and with other charges amounted to the sum of £ 11 , 202 Oa . Gd . "—ftotcs and Queries *' ' ¦ 1-
^ Su " Kederick Tiiesioer . tells a very good story ? £ « £ F ?^ ri ? - <*« friend of tho rr » onaroh cut him the other day in tho lobby of the-House of Commons , upon which his IronMa-IRsty , - turning round , exclaimed , « Holloa , you sir , I ^ joffi ^ ?; mat doyou ^ mefi ? ^
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The May General Quarter Session of . tho Pcacff for the county of Middlesex , commenced on Tuesday morning at tho Se& 8 iohs "' H duse 7 Clerkenwell ; There were eighty « three prisoners for trial , of . whom seventy-seven were ' charged with felony . - ' A Begging Letter Impostor . —John Thomas Simpson Jones , who was convicted at tho January Adjourned Sessions , of obtaining money by false and fraudulent representations in begging letters , was placed at the bar to rceoive judgment . It was shown on tho trial of the prisoner that he was one of the moat notorious hogging letter writers in the kingdom , and had carried on that species of fraud upon the public to a very great extent . Ho was convicted upon two indictments , and a point as to venue was reserved for the Court of Criminal
Anpeal . The convictions were affirmed , and tho court had now to sentence the prisoner . The learned judge said the prisoner was convicted of two frauds , and within two years . lie had been , besides , convicted three timos , and discharged upon accusations four times ; and the history of his life , which tho court was in possession of , showed that a more thorough impostor did not disgrace England . Courts of justice had to sentence to transportation men for stealing a pocket handkerchief , and it would be very wrong for a case of this gross and flagrant description , to pass with a lighter punishment . He feifc bound to inflict upon the prisoner tho highest penalty of the law for this offence , and ho hoped that the fato of the prisoner would operate as a warming to others engaged in the samo nefarious system of imposture . The sentence was that the prisoner be transported for seven years .
iNCiTHfff to Steal . — John Griffin and Ellen Griffin , husband and wife , were indicted for having feloniously procured , counselled , and commanded Emma EVor to steal a bushel and a half of onions , value fa . ffd ., tho property of John Skelinter . — Emma Eyor , a little girl 15 years of ago , deposed that she was the daughter of a weaver in Kingstreet , Spitalffelds . About six weeks ago she ran away from her father ' s , and went into Spitalfieldsmarket , where- she saw the prisoners , Mrs . Griffin asked her if she had a homo to go to , and , on her replying that she- had not , she told her to go to her home with her ; and she would tell her how to get her living . She accordingly went with her to a house in Union-court , Fashion-street ,, and when sho
was there , the female prisoner told her that she ; must go out and'thieve , at the samo time telling her to go out and steal a piece of bacon , which she did , and she rewarded her with a halfpenny . The man . was not there then . By direction of the woman she afterwards went to shops and stole . soap , and tea ! sugar , and tO'Spitalfields market and stole pota-« toes and apples . About nine o ' clock in the evening on- the 24 th of April s she gave her a knife ,, and di rected her to go into Spitalfields market and cut open some of the swells of onions , and take home as many ns she could ,. and' &ho went , did as- she had -been told , and took about a bushel and a half to the prisoner ' s house , and-gave'them to the woman . The man was not present . The prisoner then gave her
a halfpenny , as she- had : on every occasion when she took to her something : she had stolen . When she did ! not take anything home , the woman told : her that she-must thieve , and ' if she did not , she would kick her out of doors . —In Gross-examination , the witness said 3 fle could neither read nor write . She-had run away from homo more-tlian onee , the first time she was enticed away by some boys and girls . She lived on rotten apples which she picked up in Spitalfields market . She ran away tlio second time because- her father was going to beat her . If she stole nothing thowoman gave her nothing to eat , and she livetl on-rotten apples . The-day after she stole the onions she was taken home to her father ' s by a woman named Clarke , and she directly told her father all
that she had been doing , by the Irishwoman ' s ( the female prisoner ' s ) directions ,. and he went and told the police . Sho could not say if the man was even present-when tho woman told herto-stcal . —Culmer , ITS II , proved apprehending tho prisoners , and finding in their house a quantity of onions , which were identified as a portion of some that were stolen from two sacks which were- cut open , in Spitalfields market , on the night spoken to by the girl . The onions were the property of a farmer named Skelinter . —The jury acquitted the man and convicted the woman . —The learned judge having remarked upon the-atrocious nature of the- offence , and regretted there was not sufficient evidence to convict her husband ,, sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for one year .
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eOURT'OF QUEEN'S BENCH . —Mondat . S 5 C PARTE THE CoHNtPDLSZKY RE JOHN MURRAT . Mr . Cockburn moved for a rule nisi , to show cause why a criminal : information should not be filed against the publisher of the Quarterly Revieiv , fov a libel published in the last number of that periodical against M . Piilszky . The article complained o f , after stating a variety of circumstances connected with the recent revolutionary events in the east of Europe , went on to say that the Hungarian agents who were in tho capital ; made common cause with the rebels and outcasts from France , Germany , and Poland , who had hurried to Vienna in the hope of blood and plunder . It also stated that money was profusely scattered amongst ; them , and that , if any feeling of humanity remained in their breasts , it
was drowned in intoxicating liquors , which were also distributed amongst them . Thus prepared they commenced the insurrection , which shortly afterwards broko- out , by the murder of Count Latour , and by the- expulsion of the emperor from tho capital . The . article then alleged that the agents in these crimes , the distributors of the price of blood , are not only now received in the clubs of this city , but also in the mans ions of tho ministers alluded to in the papers , as honoured guests at their country seat ? .. There wss also a note to this part of the article ,, which the learned counsel read iis part of his case . This , - he contended , was no d oubt a libellous production , if it could be applied to any particular person or persons . Count Pulszky was tho only party to whom it could be applied . Shortly after his arrival in London , as envoy-from the Hungarian government , ho had been admitted into the Reform Club , and was after that a guest at the
Marquis of Lansdowno ' s . M . Pulszky was the only Hungarian in England to whom these descriptions could apply . He was prepared with tho affidavits of Mr . Raikes Currie and other respectable parties , to show that they at once applied the article to M . Pulszky ; whilst an article had appeared in , the Gldbe , founded on the supposition that he was- the party pointed at . Loi-d Campbell . —We are of opinion that there is not enough laid before the court to justify its interference . M . Pulszky ' s object , which is- highl y laudable , will be no doubt answered by the-application , and the affidavits on which it was made . There is no doubt in the world that he is an innocent and an honourable man . The libel is not necessarily pointed against him , and is not , therefore , calculated to injure his character , and on that ground , and on that alone , we refuse the rule . — Rule refused .
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COURT OP EXCHEQUER , Tuesday . The National Land Company .. —Clark v . O'Connor , M . P .. This was a rule obtained a few days ago to quash a -writ of prohibition obtained under these circumstances . In the month of February last a plaint was entered in the County Court of Northampton , for the recovery of the sum of £± 19 s . 9 d . from , the defendant Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., as roonoy had and rseeived by him to the use of the plaintiff . The mato came on for hearing before tho judge of tho County Court in the month of March Mowing , when it appeared that the plaintiff was one- of the allottees of the National Land Company-,, of which the defendant is director . The plaiotiftlbad paid
£ 5 'is . for four shares , in the Company * , , and it was admitted that that sum had reached ) ihc hands of the defendant , who . wa 3 also treasurer ?; . In . dcfenoe ife was urged thai $ 0 National Landi Company was in the nature ef- a . co-partnership ,, and that the learned judgo had no jurisdiekipn ^ as the plaintiS and defendant were partners , and . the sum sought to ho recorded- was not a balance of any settled ov liquidated , partnership accouaibetween them . The objection was , however , eyewuled , and an ovdev was ma& . on the defendant fop payment of the sum demanded- and £ 7 8 s . Id for costs . The defendant then obtained a writ of pohibition from , the petty bax ofBoe , commanulnji the judge of the- county court to stay all proseedings upon tho decree
proncunoed by him . Exeoutiqn having been stayed accordingly , a rufo was obtained in this court , early in tho present term , calling on the defendant to show cause why the writ of prohibition should not I bo quashed upon the ground that it had been issued improvidently , and . that tho judgo of tho county court had jurisdiction in the matter . —Mr . Hayes now moved to mako tho rule absolute , no notice having been given that oause would be shown . By the 13 and 13 Victoria , c . 109 , the superior ooramon law courts had authority to quash a wit of prohibition issued from the petty bag offioe . In the case of" Baddeloy v . Denton ' , ( 19 "Law Journal , " p . 44 , ) it was held that a writ of prohibition issued
out of the Court of Chancorywas a proceeding withm the meaning of this act , and that a motion to set aside , tho writ may bo made in oither of the superior courts at Westminister . In the present case the writ had issued upon an ex parto application ; but when the facts were examined , it was clear that the oounty court judgo had jurisdiction to make the orcler . —Mr . Baron Alderson asked whether prohibitions wore issued by any court without having both parties before them . ^ Mr . Hayes said that prohibitions might bo obtained upon ex parte applications , upon tho common law side of tho petty-bag offico . —Mr , Baron Alderson—Then 1 am surprised they ha , vo not applied there in the case of <« GorhAia V . the Bishop of Exeter . '
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( Laugliter . Htr . nnyes-Pe ^ apTthTS 5 ^ offlco \ vaa not considered of wfficienf rt : - W that great causer ^ However , ftheSX ^ f * 6 the present case upc * an" ex parte appli I f ** in though in- " point of fact the judge of tt IOll « a | . cotirt had not exceeded the authority ™ v ° t 7 act of parliament i had given him -Imv $ the Alderson said as no cause was shown »» , '• Baf ou rule , itoffght to be made absoluto upon ft l ll"a rity of the ease cited . —The ralo waai marfA » . autt > o . accordingly , e at ) 3 olutG
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BAIL COURT , TnE Queen v , Watmouoh . — Csimivit mation . " l W % Sir P Thesiger ss « d lie was instruct ed fn to . his lordship on behalf of the Duchi M Alban ' s , for a rule to show cause whva £ i - St formation should not be filed against v k ' , Watmough for publishing and ^ wrtin ? 6110 ^ hbels a 3 disclosed in the following 5 uL « ai The- latoDuko of St . Albnn ' s died on ^^ May in the last year , leavr , g a widow tf 2 § th of ducbm , a son the present tfuke ( a mirl- *^ daughter At tho commencement of ^ ' ^ a Frederick Watmoug ] , commeaecd a ser eSn 3 yea !> ancos , for the purpose of extorting £ 1 the duchess . The first was a letter -2 K him to her grace , dated the S of jt ? d by these terms ;— "Wnua ty , ;;
I bog to inform yonr grace that if owmeomr . <•< , annum is not paid to ns ° as usual-tlmt wf « ° 2 ° - P « Messrs . CouttsVthe b .-mlcers-I shall « fo evemi ? at «¦ power to make the title become extinct \ sn gin given to understand that my mother and nli ' a W duke ' s father were married on board oTsSS * * hV )* * lieutenant m the navy , and had a son , who f Tnm ' , ' ? *»» and consequentl y is the right heir to he DakS hvin Alban ' s , and have no doubt he will be honmrtS ? St to pay us our income- if he is made acffiS * . *? " * fiicts . M y mo her was also privatel y nVarri d J $ , *» Beraolerk , Uuke of St . Alton ' s , in the year mr h ^ m sequently are entitled before the late duLv 2 c « n . ceived our incomo from the family for unwwi . , e rs yen , ™ , and I trust your grace will continue UK - of and ; put an end to this unpleasant business _ \ v $ lnCMlw > grace ' s reply , &o . " 'n > Syour Tho learned counsel read several letfo ™ - i tho duchess by the defendant , but of which W' ? no notice . Soon after tb » . this vmS ^ &l ^ circulate a very libellous h . ind-bill by 6 CnS I * Messrs , Coutts , the bankers of the dK $ attorneys the Messrs . Freahfield ; to tK ' cW man of Bedbourne , in Lincolnshire the fami ° E where the duke resides ; to lord Charles Ik n ' clerk ( which letter was opened by Mr . £ rff * and copies had also been sent to his Roval nfi ' . p Aftert and to his Royal Highness SS o Cambridge , to Lord Yarboroug h ? and to JSj other persons . Do would read" to the court g
Frederick Beauclei-k , son of TTHliara Beauclerk , Duke nf St . Alban ' s ( leased ) , and his mother , upwards of seven ?! years of age , and her three children ; . ire in a st ? rSf state , as the Dvrch . ss of St . Alban ' s . refuses " o ft ™ $ ' f'S yasconlin S t 0 her late Husband ' s wfa , 7 nj order of 200 . per annum , formerly 4001 per annum aSi are now obliged to appeal to the public for relief 'S m . ™ f * T ! r momber of the *• Alban > s f « milv for u pwardsiof half a century ( before she was fifteen y e ? lvsof age , in the year 1797 ) , and now left to-starve . Sub « Hd twos will be thankfull y received at the duke ' s son ' s S * hSSSSSS" ^ -rx-WhitenarMane , TeS In a letter to Messrs . Preshfield there was this postscrjpt : — _ "We expect to be sold up for rent £ 15 , oa the 1 st of May ; if so , there will beapretty e . vpo . sure . In a letter to a clergyman , was added "You are commanded b y the St . Alban ' s family to
water inis Dill on the church door , and receive sub . senptions and forward me the money , this case h also laid before Royalty . " It was necessary for him ( Sir F . Thesigcr ) to explain shortl y the cirW stances under whieh this supposed claim arose In 1827 the late duke was married to Mrs . Coutts ' the widow of the banker . Soon after this event he ' was applied to on behalf of the mother of Frederick Watmough , it being represented to him that the late duke , his father , had had intercourse with her , and was the father of three children , of whom Frederick Watmough was one . Tho late duke made inquiries upon the subject , and among other persons he
ascertained trom his uncle , the brother of his father , that there were some grounds for supposing that the representation was well founded , and that the father of the late duke had been in the habit of making an allowance to this family . Accordingl y the duke felt that it was paying a proper regard to his father ' s supposed wishes upon this subject to make an allowance to this family . He began first by distributing £ 10 , £ 20 , and other sums of money ; but ultimately , he made an arrangement by which £ 200 a year was to be paid into Messrs . Coutts ' bank to the account of Mr . Harrison , who was to disburse the money to the family , first to tha
mother , Mr 3 . Watmough , and then to the children . Two of the children having died , and Frederick Watmough being the survivor , the money was divided between himself and his mother . Frederick Watmough having married , a portion of the money was given to him and his wife . Subsequently Frederick Watmough deserted his wife and . family , who from thence continued to live apart from him , On the late duke ' s death in 18 J 9 he made a will , under which the property of the duke was now being administered by the Court of Chancery ; so that supposing that the duchess and the present duke were even disposed to attend to the wishes of the
late duke , if any such had ever been expressed , they would have no power to make any allowance of the estate of the lato dake . But the fact was that no wish of the kind had ever been expressed by the late duke , nor was any order ever given that this payment should bo given after his death . The duchess had from time to time assisted the family of Frederick Watmougli . It was further stated in the affidavits that Mrav Watmough , the mother , had for some time been married to a dissenting minijter , who-was still living , and that she had had a weeiily allowance paid to her ever since the death of tha lato duke . He ( Sir P . Thesiaer ) need scarcely stats
the annoyances that were occasioned to-the duchess by being assailed with libels of this description , which were so industriously circulated by this in * dividual . Her grace hail no powev to . put a stop to them except by asking for the immediate interposition of this court .. He trusted his-lordship would consider that he had stated srood grounds for the criminal information he now asked . —Mr , Justico Coleridge : Do . I understand the- meaning of the letters to be to affect at all the legitimacy of tha present duke ?—Sir F . Thesigci * :: Oh , certainly , my
lord ; there is a threat of that kind . —Mr . Justica Coleridge : The mother is still living , and is said by this person to have been married to the late duke ' s father , and to have had issue by him . —Sir F . Thesiger : In fact , my lord * , this Frederick Watmough claims to be the issue of the lute dukes father , ft is a serious matter , indeed . —Mr . Justice Coleridge : In that respeeb it is like the Duke ot Marlborough ' s case . You . may take a rub . Application granted . Those bills were accompanied by letters which were seat to the bankers and other persons .
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® 1 je p romuces . Fuseuaiofthb Po 3 i Laureate . —The remains ef Wordsworth were consigned to the earth , at the little church of Grasmere , on Sunday last . The funeral was intended to be as private as possible , but many persons assembled to pay honour to the remaius of the illustrious dead . There was a long procession of carriages and horsemen , and the church was filled with ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood , attired in deep mourning .
Fatal Affray . —An inquiry took place on Saturday last , at Shrivenham , Berks , before Mr . Wasbron"b , coroner for the county , on view of the body of William Robey , 29 years of age , who came by his death under the f . Jlowiiig circumstances , as detailed in the evidence of several witnesses . —Thursday was the annual pleasure fair at Shrivenham , snd between ten and eleven o ' clock at night there -was a disturbance at the public-house kept by Mr . Hazell , who turned out the company and shut bis door . The deceased and another person went thence to a beerhouse , kept by a person named Norris , and a quarrel soon ensued between the deceased and a man named Thoma 3 Hannan , andmutualchallenges to fight took place . Young Norris interfered to prevent blows
passing , and both men sat down , but soon jumped up again , and proceeded to acts of violence in the room . They then , by mutual consent , adjourned to a neighbouring field , where a ring was formed by about thirty persons present , and being equally matched , the deceased and Harman fought for nearly an hour and a half , seconded by young Norris and John Morse . Both men were h nocked down many times , and in the last rouud tho deceased said to Harman , " Now , Tommy , one more knock-down-blow shall decide it . " Immediately afterwards llarman gave the deceased a violent blow upon the temple , which felled him to the ground , and he hecame insensible .
Deceased was carried home about tvro o ' clock in the morning of Friday , and placed upon the floor of his father ' s house , and soon after Mr . H . Mantel ! , surgeon , saw the deceased , and found him quite dead . Upon a post mortem examination being made , there were marks of extravasation upon the left temple , and in the interior of the head an ounce of coagulated blood , and injuries corresponding with the external marks , which in the opinion of the medical man clearly accounted for death . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against . Harman and the two seconds , all of whom were committed to Reading Gaol upon the coroner ' s warrant .
Smuggler . —The Petrel , revenue cruiser , lias been placed under the command of the inspecting commander at Ryde , Isle of Wight . This vessel will keep a look out at the east end of the Isle of Wight , as the recent great reduction in the number of revenue cruisers has left open this part of the Hampshire coast for smuggling craft to cross the Channel and lay down their cargoe 3 , until convenient opportunities offer for disposing of them . It is mere than probable that the cruisers must be increased in number , as smuggling has of Jate increased in every direction .
| I Maschester . —A fire of a serious character broke out here at an early hour on Monday morning . ¦ It took place in one of the three immense establishments belonging to Messrs . M'Connell , eight stories high , in which they spin the finer numbers of yarn . It is called the Old Mill , and was discovered to be on fire by the private watchman , at two o ' clock in the morning . The man perceived a light in the seventh story , and on going to ascertain the cause , found two spinning machines on fire , the flames covering a I space of three yards in length . After throwing a couple of buckets of water on the flames without making an . impression , he sent to the fire police , I and Mr . Rose , the superintendent , brought five engines to play upon the fire , and notwithstanding the immense height of the building , and the fact that the ilames had penetrated the eighth story and the roof
, heconnned its ravages to the seventh and eighth stones , or abont one-third of the whole pile . Tu other portions of the building were separated from X V ? £ b f Slde > by P ^ y walls , and this no doubt aided the firemen in stopping the flames from commumca ing with the other parts of the factory . The lower stones of the mill were saved by a fireman introducing a branch from the most powerful engine into the sixth story , and from this perilous position directing a volume of water upon the flames , whereever they burst through the ceiling from the story above . After a three hours' contention with the fire , it was completely extinguished . The damage is supposed to be about £ 3 , 000 , covered by insurances on this mill to the amount of ^ 12 , 500 in the Manchester , Phoenix , Sun , and Liverpool offices . It is quite a mystery how the fire originated .
On Tuesday morning , at three o ' clock , the house and shop of Mr . Charles Somerset , stationer and bookseller , Great Ducie-street , Manchester , was discovered to be on fire . The furniture of several rooms of the house was saved , but a great portion ot the building and stock were destroyed before the firemen could extinguish the flames . Mr . Somersetwas from borne , and M « , Somerset and two semnta Me
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scotianDf , James Deary , who was convicted at the circuit of the High Court of Justiciary , and left for execution at Jedburgb , has been reprieved , and is , in commutation of the capital sentence , to undergo the punishment of transportation for life . It appears that in this case the crime for which the prisoner was condemned was accompanied by great violence , but the sentence lias been altered on account of the absence of special malice . Some navigators and others ( of whom the prisoner was one ) were in the ha'it of fighting and rioting whenever they met . It was on one of these unhappy occasions that a fracas ensued , which the authorities and inhabitants of Jedburgh interfered to preventwhen the
de-, ceascd , who was one of those engaged in the repression of the disturbance , met his death in the row frcm the hands of the prisoner , whose capital sentence , however , has been commutted to the highest secondary punishment , in the absence of any proved deliberate malice or design . —Observer . Tub Liberty of Speech Question . —The police commission at Edinburgh have , by a majority of sixteen to thirteen , decided against allowing the judgment of the magistrate in the polico court against Messrs . Russell and Slei gh , to bo defended in their name , or with tho funds under thoir control , in the High Court of Justiciary , to which court these gentlemen have appealed their case , in the
form of a note of suspension . This note sets forth , that the libel did not contain a specification of circumstances relevant or sufficient to support a char ge of breach of the peace , and that tho whole proceed ings against them were informal , illegal , and oppressive . The defences will be immediately lodged to this note . by Mr . Moxey , says the Caledonian Mercury , notwithstanding tho docision of the polico board , and independent of them ; and the caso will very likely come on beforo the Hi gh Court in the course of a week or two . Tho necessary steps have also been taken for bringing the action of damages , at the instance of Mr . Russell agins ' t the Lord Provost , before the Lord Ordinary , at an earJy period of the ensuing session of the civil court .
Suspected : Poisosixo . —Some time since two vagrants came to Galashiels , and obtained lodgings in a house in Johnstone ' s-close ; : Their child turnei suddenly ill in the evening , and before morning ' it was dead . The mother , who exhibited all tho ' svmptoms of a real mourner , wont to the inspector of the poor , from whom she obtained the necessary means to have the child interred , which was dono accordingly , in Ladhope churchyard . The parties ha ' vin * left , no further notice was taken of the matter until a few days ago , when a small quantity of arsenio was found in tho garden behind tho house where the child had died , and whoso sudden illness Tsaa
immediately remembered , and doubts were at tmco ' raised as to tho manner of the deceased ' s , death : The authorities having got hold of the . rumour , the body was by them caused to be disi ^ torred , and the Procurator-Fiscal for- Roxburghshire attended in Galashiels for the purpose of investigating the matter , and for that ond thestomaoh of the'child was carefully examined by two Taedicalmenof thetown , whose opinion as to the presence of arsenic being in the stoinaehwas very decided , " and it was desp / dtohed to Edinburgh , For the purpose , of "Bing ' analysed ., A warrantMyih g been issued for tati apprehension < jf the inspected parties , named
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CONSISTORY COURT . Tss Earl of Liscosx aoaixst me . Countess of Lixgoix--Adultery . This was a suit foa a divorce , by reason ofadmtei'y , promoted by fcbo Earl of Lincoln , against n « wife the Countess . of Lincoln . —The . ftueen s Advo-, eate was about to . open the case on behalf of tua : husband , when Un . Haggard said ,, on the part of the wife , he could not resist tho evidence winch two been brought toward . —The Cowl ; , therefore , P « nounced for a divorce .
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—« g »«^ BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH , $ W > Road , London . . . . Feilow-Qoostotmes , —The fpllowiug is the inscri ption on the boqk containing the Petition to the House of U > ni mons , signed uy 10 , 950 possons against plianS iKCUtiwi poisons .:-, " MEMORIAL OfthoNwaes of tho Incianoaaent Individuals vdio siRned the Petition presented to the House of Commons , On Tuesday , the 13 th of Juno ,. I 84 T , . ( > tlisc » ish Sir Benjamin Hall , Mart ., -- M . I ' , for the Borou ^ oS'&t . Mnrylebone ) , AGAINST TUB DEADLY PO-BOXS Used or Iield . out us Medicines , by Doctors , In ordre- to prop their ' Guinea Trade ;' Which trade is th , e-yoot of all evils a * regards the pi * "; health ; the cfta . se of hospitals aiu \ lunatic asylums ty ®* , filled with d&easeil objects ; mi . di above all , ' the cause ' all persons lives being kept in constant jeopardy throw " the deadlj chemicals which fipctOM have introduccu w order to pxop up that trade . '
The contents of the work are as follows .: — . 1 . Case of Miss Abercvc ^ bie , poisoned b * Strychnin * Reported by Mr . Serjeant , now Mr . Jn ^ SW lalfourlJl 2 . Heath of Waimvrign $ , her Murderer . ' 8 . Sale of Poisons . 4 , Marchioness of tfySnvilliers . 5 . Account of tho Anna Tofunn . ,... G . "Wholesale Poisoning during the Roman Repuimt ' 7 . Recent Cases ef Poisoning , 8 . Preface to the Seventieth Thousand of" Tho NorisoniaiM . " ,,.., tliS 9 . Buckingham ' s Caso : a whole family s . T \ en Vegetable Universal Medicine , after liaoBh accidentally poisoned by arsenic . „ .. t . for 10 . Genoral Report of tha Uritish College of Dfci «» 1 S 50 . 11 . Principles of the Ilygehm System of Mcdiem -: itatj 12 . Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on tnc «• •' Question . ^ Heal * 13 . The Rise and Progress of tuoUrltish College «' ., ] , London : Published by the British College ot uu New-i-ond . Prico 2 s ! Cd . .
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Phizes ron Locomotives ;—An official no ice ' j . been issuod by Baron Lionel N . de liothsclu Wi ' tho Austrian government offers six prizes fo ? " j fo ) . motive engines , as follows : —A pvizo of & ° ' , jd a locomotive , the most suitably constructs ^ adapted to convey goods and passengers on t railway of the Sommering mountain ; and five ]» ^ prizes , of the respective value of £ 5 , 0 °° ' **'» iTe 3 £ 4 , 000 , £ 3 , 500 , £ 3 , 000 , for five other loc « nj % which approach nearest to tho first P V 1 ZO . "' - ia points indicated . The total value of tbc pM about £ 30 , 000 atorling ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1573/page/6/
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